The World that is the Book : Paul Auster's Fiction.
Title:
The World that is the Book : Paul Auster's Fiction.
Author:
Varvogli, Aliki.
ISBN:
9781781386873
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (192 pages)
Series:
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Contents:
Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: Legacies -- Yea-Saying -- Nay-Saying -- 2: Austerities -- The Unnamable -- A Hunger Artist -- Wall Writing -- 3: Realities -- Inventing America -- Exploding Fictions -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
The World that is the Book offers an in-depth analysis of Paul Auster's fiction. It explores the rich literary and cultural sources that Auster taps into in order to create compelling stories that investigate the nature of language, the workings of chance, and the individual's complex relations with the world at large.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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